Curtain-bracket



No; 750,055. PATENTBD JAN. 19, 1.904.

A- LAMBERT. Y

CURTAIN BRACKET. APPLIOATION FILE) 001210, 1903.

Inventor Attorney's fm M m e m 9 W I I mm Patented January 19, 1904.

PATENT ()FFICE.

ADELARD LAMBERT, OF MANCHESTER, NEW HAMPSHIRE.

CURTAIN-BRACKET.

SPECIFICATION o g part of Letters Patent No. 750,055, dated January 19, 1904. Application filed October 10, 1903. Serial No. 176,503. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, ADELARD LAMBERT, a

citizen of the United States of America, residing at Manchester, county of Hillsboro, State of New Hampshire, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Curtain-Brackets; and I dohereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same.

My invention relates to household furniture, and especially to those brackets which are used for the purpose of supporting ourtain-poles or shade-rollers.

The object of the invention is to provide a bracket of simple form which constitutes means for supporting a curtain-pole and a shade-roller and to provide such an arrangement as will enable the devices to support readily shaderollers of different lengths. The invention contemplates the permanent attachment of these brackets to the casement of a window, and it is expected that if shaderollers of different width were used in connection with the window the brackets could be quickly adjusted to suit the same.

In its construction the invention preferably comprises a lower portion adapted to support the shade-roller and an upper portion adapted to support the curtain pole or rods, there being a movable member, in connection with the upper portion of the bracket, which may assume substantially two positions adapted, re-' spectively, to support an ordinary wooden pole and a pair of brass rods, such as are very commonly used.

The invention consists in the construction and combination of parts to be more fully described hereinafter and definitely set forth in the claims.

In the drawings, which fully illustrate my invention, Figure 1 is a front elevation'of a window, to the easement of which my brackets have been attached. Fig.2 is a perspective of one of the brackets. Fig; 3 is a side elevation of one of the brackets, representing in dotted lines the movable member in one of its possible positions. Fig. 4 is a side elevation of apart of the bracket, Fig. 5 is a vertical section of a portion of the bracket upon a somewhat enlarged scale and representing the manner of attaching the aforesaid movable member.

Throughout the drawings and specification the same numerals of reference denote like parts.

Referring more particularly to the parts, 1 represents the casement of a window to which it may be proposed to attach curtains and ashade.

In applying my invention I provide brackets 2, which I dispose, respectively, at opposite sides of the window, and attached to the casement. at the upper portionof the same, as shown. As indicated, these brackets arerespectively right-hand and left-hand, the righthand bracket being very clearly shown in Fig.

2. As illustrated, this bracket comprises a horizontally-disposed channel-shaped member 3, the. outer face whereof is provided with a longitudinally-disposed slot or opening 4, and the rear edges of this channel-shaped member are formed into'flanges 5, including ears 6, provided with openings 7 to facilitate the attachment of the bracket by means of screws or similar fastening devices, as will be readily understood. The brackets 2 are attached oppositely to each other, with the channel members 3 in substantial alinement. It should be stated that these channel members are for'the purpose of supporting the shade-roller 8 therebetween, and in order to facilitatethe attachment of the same in the said slots 4: movable heads 9 are provided. Each of these heads consists of a substantially flat plate or body 10, provided with a threaded shank 11, which passes through the slot 4 and through a nut 12, which runs within the channel 'member 3 behind the slot, a shoulder 13 beingprovided upon the head, which cooperates with the nut 12 to clamp the head 9.in any desired position of adjustment within the opening 4. It should be stated that the width between the opposite faces of the nut is such as to enable the channel-shaped member 3 to prevent rotation-of the nut. cifically by the numerals 9 and 9 but they These heads are distinguished spe-- are substantially alike, with the exception that the head 9 is provided with a substantially circular opening 19, adapted to receive the gudgeon or spindle of the shade-roller, while the head 9" is provided with an inclined slot or opening 15, this latter construction being adopted for the purpose of facilitating the placing of the roller in position in a well-understood manner.

Near its outer extremity each bracket is provided with an upwardly-proj ecting portion 16, which constitutes a continuation of the uppermost of the flanges 5 aforesaid, and this part 16 is provided with an opening 17 so as to adapt it to the same purposes as the aforesaid ears 6. Above this point the part 16 connects integrally with a bow or yoke 18, which constitutes, preferably, substantially a semicireumference and terminates above in an car 19, which is substantially similar to the part 16, and is provided with an opening 20 for a fastening device, as will appear. At substantially its middle point the bow 18 has attached thereto a movable member or hanger 21, the same being attached by means of a pivot 22. This hanger 21 comprises a body 23, which is normally disposed in the position in which it is shown in Figs. 2 and 3. This body 23 is preferably bent to the form of a semicircumference, as shown, and beyond the pivot-point 22 it is formed with an oppositely-curved toe 2 1, which is adapted to lie against the outer face of the bow 18, as shown. At its outer portion the body 23 is turned outwardly to form a lip 25, as indicated, and upon the under side of the body 23 there is attached a rod-holder 26, which consists, preferably, of a piece of wire bent into substantially the form of an inverted U, the body 27 whereof conforms to the shape of the under portion of the body 23, the said body 27 being integral with vertical extensions 28.

As stated above, the member 21 normally occupies the position in which it is shown in Figs. 2 and 3, and when in this position it is adapted to support a curtain-pole 29 upon its body 23, as indicated in Fig. 1. When, however, it is desired to substitute for the wooden curtain-pole 29 curtain-rods 30, such as are very frequently used and composed of brass or similar material, the member 21 would be rotated upon its pivot-point 22, so as to bring the same into substantially the position indicated in dotted lines in Fig. 3. In this reversed position the rod holders 26 afford means for supporting a pair of rods 30 in the manner shown.

In order to maintain the member 21 in operative position at opposite points and at an equal distance from the pivot 22, the bow 18 is indented or offset by means of a blunt-pointed instrument, so as to form depressions or shallow recesses 31, and these recesses 31 are adapted to receive the correspondingly-formed projection 32 upon the adjacent face of the member 21. The projection 32, interlocked with either of these recesses 31, will evidently maintain the member 21 in either of its desired positions, and the resiliency of the parts permits the desired reversal.

\Vhile I have shown in the accompanying drawings the preferred form of my invention, it will be understood that I do not limit myself to the precise form shown, for many of the details may be changed in form or position without affecting the operativeness or utility of my invention, and I therefore reserve the right to make all such modifications as are included within the scope of the following claims or of mechanical equivalents to the structures set forth.

Having described my invention, what I claim, and desire to secure by Letters Patent,

1. As anew article of manufacture, abracket of the class described comprising a member adapted to be attached to a casement, a reversible member carried thereby, said reversible member being adapted to occupy substantially two positions adapted to support a curtain-pole in one position and curtain-rods in the other.

2. As a new article of manufacture, a bracket of the class described comprising a substantially horizontally disposed channel-shaped member near the lower portion thereof and having a slot therein, an adjustable head movably mounted in said slot, and a pivoted member attached to the upper portion of said bracket, said pivoted member being reversible, and adapted to support a curtain-pole in one position and curtain-rods in the other.

3. As anew article of manufacture, abracket of the class described, comprising a member adapted to be permanently attached to a casement, a movable hanger pivotally attached thereto, said movable hanger being adapted to support a curtain-pole in one position, and curtain-rods in another position, there being interlocking means between said members adapted to maintain said hanger in either of its positions.

4:. As a new article of manufacture, a bracket of the class described, comprising a member adapted to be permanently attached to a casement, and a reversible hanger connected therewith, said hanger comprising a normally upwardly turned member adapted to receive a curtain-pole, and vertically-projecting members adapted to retain curtain-rods.

5. As a new article ofmanufacture, a bracket of the class described, comprising a substantially horizontally disposed channel-shaped member, an adjustable head movably mounted therein, said channel-shaped member having a substantially vertical extension integral therewith, said extension and said member being adapted for permanent attachment to a IIO casement, and a hanger attached to said exadapted to maintain said hanger in a reversed tension, and having a substantially horizontal position.

aXis of rotation, said hanger being adapted on In Witness whereof I have hereunto set my one side to receive a curtain-pole, and upon hand in the presence of tWo Witnesses.

5 its other side to receive curtain-rods, said ADELARD LAMBERT.

hanger and said extension having, the one a projection, and the other recesses adapted to receive the same, one of said recesses being Witnesses:

ANNE E. BOISVERT, WILLIAM W. BOISVERT. 

